Lecture explores religious freedom in IslamMustafa Akyol, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity and a self-described “Islamic modernist,” gave a lecture titled “Religious Freedom in Islam” on Tuesday at the Eck Visitors Center, during which he promoted religious tolerance throughout the world.

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Precarious state of Muslim nationsThe recent unfortunate event in the Saudi embassy in Turkey in which the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered shook the conscience of the world. And as New York Times described it that "Saudi Arabia is facing perhaps its greatest international crisis since the revelation that Saudi citizens helped plan and carry out the Sept ۱۱, ۲۰۰۱, attacks on the United States". Washington expects Saudi Arabia to maintain stability in oil prices by increasing production while he presses with his sanctions against Iran. This was perhaps another consideration for US to go soft on the Khashoogi crisis.